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As you all know, Spore is one of the most successful games out there. It gained critical acclaim by allowing you to create your own unique creature and help it evolve from single cell stage to a living breathing social being capable of developing modern technology. But a small thing, sparked by a brilliant idea of Wi... |
17 October 2008
16:01 GMT |
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As already reported, the first add on pack for Spore will arrive on November 18 and is called The Cute & Creepy Parts Pack. A full expansion, which will bring other activities that you can perform during the Space stage, will arrive sometime in spring 2009. Electronic Arts is all serious about expanding the uni... |
15 October 2008
04:29 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced the development of two expansion packs for the desktop version of its God game, Spore. Mac users will be able to get a hands-on experience with the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack on November 18, 2008, while a Space Stage add-on is due out in Spring 2009.Spore is a very popular game for t... |
14 October 2008
06:39 GMT |
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It's nice when rumors turn to be true. It gives us lowly news merchants the feeling that what we do is not in vain and that our snooping around can actually have an impact.Electronic Arts has just announced that November would indeed be witness to the release of the first expansion pack for Spore, called Creepy ... |
13 October 2008
19:01 GMT |
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Ubisoft is aiming to limit the degree to which piracy affects its videogames by pushing the release dates for the PC way after those for gaming consoles. EndWar, the upcoming war game which can be controlled through voice command, is the most recent example in this respect.While talking to VideoGaming247, Michael de ... |
10 October 2008
04:23 GMT |
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We've already reported that Google is interested in getting into the in game advertising business, with Google AdSense for Games being launched in public beta, with the intention of targeting Flash, downloadable and casual games. Now, YouTube, which is owned by Google, also reveals that, in order to create new w... |
9 October 2008
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Well, the people at Electronic Arts were certainly not joking when they said that they created Spore to be a platform, just like The Sims, designed to receive numerous packs and add ons as time goes on. There are signs that the first pack to augment the Spore experience is not too far away.GameStop briefly published ... |
6 October 2008
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Last week, Electronic Arts and Maxis issued a patch for both Mac and Windows versions of Will Wright's God game, Spore. While Windows users appear to be generally satisfied with the update's offerings, every Mac user leaving a comment on Softpedia has signaled a malfunctioning Spore 1.1 patch.Bringing the g... |
3 October 2008
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Electronic Arts says that it understands how an illegally downloaded copy is not, in any way, a copy that was lost as a sale to the company. Mariam Sughayer, who is working for the corporate communications department of EA, says that “Stepping aside from the whole issue of DRM, people need to recognize that ev... |
30 September 2008
19:11 GMT |
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From the creator of The Sims, an original action-puzzle game based on the Spore Mac title is available for owners of an Apple iPod. It is called Spore Origins and is said to make great use of the new 4G nano's accelerometer.From the iTunes App Store, the official description goes,Eat-or-be-eaten! Play SPORE Orig... |
30 September 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Chris Remo is pretty popular in the gaming industry. Having founded websites like GamaSutra or ShackNews shows that he might know a thing or two about anything related to games and gamers. He recently approached the very sensitive issue regarding DRM (Digital Rights Management) and how gamers are treating it very ba... |
29 September 2008
03:31 GMT |
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EA and Maxis have released a patch for the Mac version of Spore, bringing the game to version 1.1. According to the two companies, the patch offers a variety of bugs and performance tweaks, but also delivers a “cheat” that turns a creature into a blocky representation of itself. Another such cheat, allowi... |
26 September 2008
11:03 GMT |
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Spore was, no doubt about it, affected by the controversy related to its DRM and to account creation. There was also a high degree of piracy affecting the game. Still the Maxis developed and Electronic Arts published game has managed to sell more than 1 million copies since it was released on September 7. This number... |
25 September 2008
21:41 GMT |
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Frank Gibeau, head of EA Games, talked with the upset community of Spore players last Friday about the digital rights management system, and about how Spore would allow more than three installs, from then on. Not only did EA expand the number of eligible machines from three to five, but it also promised more leniency... |
25 September 2008
10:24 GMT |
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We recently reported about the problem with the Digital Rights Management system, called SecuRom, within Electronic Arts' game Spore. With talks on the official forum of the game reaching a critical level, moderators supposedly threatened users with a complete ban, which would allegedly force them to b... |
25 September 2008
05:09 GMT |
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We all know that Electronic Arts isn't the company with the highest level of credibility in the eyes of the average gamer, and "popular" definitely isn't a word that would best describe it. With the reputation of a big game mogul, part of EA’s notoriety comes as a result of several hostile takeovers o... |
24 September 2008
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Electronic Arts announces that it has released the first patch for its Spore, a title that is already a big hit with gamers while also being at the center of several controversies regarding DRM and restrictions.This first patch is designed to address some bugs that the community identified and which tend to limit the... |
23 September 2008
04:48 GMT |
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Spore player complaints have made the headlines lately regarding Electronic Arts' DRM policy for the God game, recently released for the Macintosh platform. EA Games president Frank Gibeau revealed in a statement that the company would increase the number of installations from three to five and would institute a... |
22 September 2008
13:01 GMT |
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Electronic Arts seems to be ready to listen to its customers when they have genuine grievances. Soon after the release of Spore, some people pointed out that you could only create one user account per boxed game copy bought, even if the game manual said that multiple accounts were supported.The manual was in error an... |
22 September 2008
08:22 GMT |
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Spore is a great game, no doubt about that. I only made it through the Spore and Creature stages and I already think that, despite having pretty basic mechanisms, the game manages to convey the astounding complexity of evolution while also tying players emotionally to their creatures.But Electronic Arts' decisio... |
19 September 2008
08:29 GMT |
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A recent discovery showed that fungal species registered speeds of 88 km/h (55 miles per hour), exhibiting accelerations 180.000 times Earth's gravity as they project their spores outwards. The common pathogens of the crops are mostly harmless to humans, but some can still increase the negative effects of a... |
18 September 2008
09:30 GMT |
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Do you have kids? A significant other? A close friend that you consider important enough to allow them to create a separate account on your Spore game? Well, tough luck because it seems that Electronic Arts believes that multiple accounts for different people are a luxury that gaming should not allow.Even if the game... |
16 September 2008
21:21 GMT |
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In a move that is pretty much unprecedented in the gaming world, Electronic Arts has implemented DRM in Spore that limits the number of times the game can be installed to three. If you need to install the game more than three times, you have to call Electronic Arts and ask them for that right. From a custom... |
15 September 2008
21:21 GMT |
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Spore is set on its way to conquer all videogame markets in the world and one of the first to send official word of its surrender is the United Kingdom videogame chart. Will Wright’s game has debuted at number one with another Electronic Arts release, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, in second spot. Spore manage... |
10 September 2008
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EA has announced that Spore, Will Wright's highly anticipated God game, is available at retailers beginning September 7, for North American Mac owners. The rest of Europe and South America got a head start, as far as the full version of Spore is concerned, as did Germany, France, Belgium and other European terri... |
8 September 2008
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Australian fans of Electronic Arts' brand new and much talked-about Spore video game now have the chance to play its mobile version too, namely Spore Origins. Telstra has just announced that, via its subsidiary BigPond, it is offering the mobile game to any of its subscribers owning a Next G handset and willing ... |
4 September 2008
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It's been quite some time since we last talked about games for smaller, less powerful Apple devices, such as the iPod nano. Luckily for owners of Apple's nanos (3rd gen, 5th gen and classic), Spore Origins is now available for download via the iTunes Store. The game is a less complex version of the God game... |
4 September 2008
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Spore might be the most awaited and most hyped up game of the year. Will Wright, one of the most influential authors in the videogame world, is working on it, backed up by the team that designed The Sims and the various games connected with that franchise. The Spore Creature Creator, which was released earlier i... |
3 September 2008
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It looks like Spore's creator (and renowned video game designer) Will Wright is taking the Mac version of his God game very seriously. Apple is announcing that the famous designer is coming to the Apple Store, Regent Street, to offer some insight on the evolution simulation game known as Spore, which has spent t... |
1 September 2008
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How many days left until the release of long awaited supposedly revolutionary game Spore? The correct answer is seven. How many days till you can download the game? None. We're not talking about piracy and downloading the game earlier. We're talking about the fact that Electronic Arts is sending word that t... |
29 August 2008
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When the Spore Creature Creator made its way onto computers everywhere in the world, the possibilities of customization included in the editor made it very easy for users to create entities shaped in a myriad of forms, covered in weird textures, with movements that defied physics. Obeying the immutable laws of the di... |
29 August 2008
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Electronic Arts and Maxis have released a new gameplay video of Spore, featuring the game's Producer, Kip Katsarelis. The video depicts Spore's space stage, at which point the player will have evolved its creatures into complex society. The player becomes the leader of the spacefaring civilization / empire,... |
27 August 2008
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The wait is almost over, since Electronic Arts and Maxis have announced that the most anticipated game of the year, Spore, has gone gold and will hit the retail shelves on the 5th of September in Europe and the 7th of September in North America and Asia. Also, at the same time with the North American release, the DS ... |
15 August 2008
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Spore, the most anticipated game of the year, is most likely to become as huge as The Sims was or even bigger. However, Electronic Arts and Maxis don't want their masterpiece to stay only in the game world, like The Sims did - they want to further expand the universe to other media, like television and cinema. S... |
15 August 2008
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The Game Critics Awards is a group of journalists part of 36 North American media outlets. They are game columnists in charge of scouring the floor of E3 to see which releases are the best of the show. Of course, once their deliberations are complete, they are ready to share their knowledge with the masses. The award... |
6 August 2008
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Speaking as part of a conference call which followed the unveiling of financial results for the first quarter of the year, Electronic Arts top man John Riccitiello talked a bit about Spore and about how his company needed to treat this game carefully in its effort to establish a new franchise that would rival even Si... |
31 July 2008
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Spore fans and Mac users looking forward to the official launch of Will Wright's God game should be excited to hear that GameTree Online is now taking pre-orders for Spore, Mac version. According to the post, all those who place pre-orders will receive their download link and activation codes via e-mail.Spore is... |
28 July 2008
17:21 GMT |
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AT&T together with Electronic Arts (EA) have recently announced the availability of Spore Origins for all of AT&T's mobile subscribers. Designed by Will Wright (who also created The Sims), Spore allows players to customize about everything, from creatures and buildings to UFOs. Create, evolve, raise civiliza... |
21 July 2008
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Spore has taken the world by surprise and with the help of the Creature Creator, Maxis made sure that by the time Spore launches in September, everyone will be familiarized with the intricacies of creature building. My colleague reported last week that users from all over the world had uploaded more than 250.000 crea... |
26 June 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is announcing that a new edition of Spore is being launched. It is dubbed the Spore Galactic Edition and serves the same purpose as a Collector's Edition of other games. The special offer is available for pre-order now.What do you get when you buy the Galactic Edition of Spore? All the normal col... |
25 June 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Spore is that kind of game which makes you want it so bad that it starts hurting when you realize September is still a few months away. Also, with the recently released Creature Creator, Maxis and Electronic Arts have managed to prove once again that we do have all the reasons in the world to count down the days left... |
21 June 2008
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According to Electronic Arts, Neil Young, one of the veterans of the company and one of the most acclaimed managers of Electronic Arts Los Angeles, is leaving the company. His replacement as head of EA's Blueprint studio is set to be Lou Castle, who came to Electronic Arts when his old studio, Westwood, was gobb... |
20 June 2008
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You probably already know about the recently released Spore Creature Creator - a teaser from Maxis and Electronic Arts - that allows everybody to design and bring to life a little beast he or she will be able to use in the full game, when it gets released in September. What you probably don't know is the fact th... |
19 June 2008
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I must admit I am absolutely fascinated by the concept of Spore and I can hardly wait to get my hands on the full game and play it. Just imagine how excited I was when I found out that I would get the chance to test a small part of it way before it is launched! Yes, I am talking about the recently released Spore Crea... |
17 June 2008
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Be sure to drop by first thing tomorrow when you wake up, if you're a Spore fan. EA and Maxis will be making the Spore Creature Creator available in both purchasable and demo version, with the latter being available for download right here on our website."Tired of your planet? Once you've made some creature... |
16 June 2008
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Spore is one of the most anticipated games of the year and fans will also get the chance to check out the Creature Creator starting next week. However, you might still be wondering whether your computer can run the game and upgrade it if necessary. Therefore, Electronic Arts has released a list with the system requir... |
11 June 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has officially released the minimum system requirements for Will Wright's highly anticipated evolution sim / God game Spore. A Mac - PC spec comparison reveals that Windows users have it their way, as far as video goes, while PowerPC Mac owners (G3/G4/G5) will not be able to run the game at all.S... |
11 June 2008
06:05 GMT |
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We've just received word that Apple is now taking pre-orders for the Spore Creature Creator. Priced at $9.95, the full version of this early glimpse at Will Wright's God game lets players mold their own species and even share it with their friends over the web. The demo version is also due out soon, packing... |
5 June 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Are you a Spore fan? I know, I can't wait to get my hands on it either. Although we can't offer the free demo just yet, we can hand you this Spore Countdown widget (which lets you see the number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds until Spore comes out), and show you new screenshots of a creature's Tr... |
4 June 2008
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Last time we talked about it, Electronic Arts had released a bunch of screenshots presenting the Cell Phase in Spore. The Creature Stage followed and, just as expected, it had basically no new information. But things are just getting more and more interesting, since EA seems to be planning to release screenshots and ... |
2 June 2008
05:52 GMT |
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